Name	Kevin Chu
Gender	Male
Position	Professor
Address	12550 Erhuan East Road Jinan, Shandong Province, 250002
Tel	+86 531 86358726
E-mail	k.chu@sdu.edu.cn

Education

• PhD (2010), School of Materials Sci. & Eng., The Uni. of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia.  

• MEng. (2001), School of Materials Sci. & Eng., Xi’an Uni. of Architecture and Technology (XAUAT), China.

• BEng. (1998), School of Materials Sci. & Eng., XAUAT, China. (Also Minor in Computer Science).

Working Experience

• Professor (2019-), School of Qilu Transportation, Shandong University, China.

• Research Fellow (2016-2019), Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Australia.

• Research Fellow (2015-2016), School of Materials Sci. & Eng., UNSW, Australia.

• Research Associate (2010-2014), School of Materials Sci. & Eng., UNSW, Australia.

• Visiting Research Associate (2003-2005), School of Materials Sci. & Eng., XAUAT, China.

• Consulting Engineer (2001-2002), Fluent Inc. of America (Beijing) (The world’s largest commercial computational fluid dynamics software).

Research Interests

1. Process modelling and optimisation

2. Modelling of particle-fluid flows

3. CFD-DEM

Selected Projects

1. ARC Research Hub of Computational Particle Technology, Australia Research Council, 2017-2022, Principal investigator.

2. Working mechanisms and scaling-up rules of high solid concentration gas cyclones, Nature Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, 2016-2019, Principal investigator.

3. Development of a novel circulating fluidized bed, Jiaxing Government, Zhejiang Province of China, 2013-2016, Principal investigator.

4. Discrete particle modelling and analysis of complex particle-fluid flows, Australia Research Council, 2010-2012, Principal investigator.

Professional Affiliations

• Guest editor: “Mineral processing in Australia and China", International Journal of Mineral Processing, 2015.

• Conference convenor of two international conferences: 1st International Conference on Computational Particle Technology and Multiphase Processes, Suzhou China, 2016; and The Second Australia-China Joint Symposium on Minerals, Sydney Australia, 2014.

• Member of the local organization committee of 4 international conferences include “Powder and Grain 2013”.

Honors and Awards

• “Top Cited Papers for 2011 and 2012” Award (Chu K. W., Wang B., Yu A. B., Xu D. L., Chen Y. X., (2011). Paper title: CFD-DEM simulation of gas-solid flow in a cyclone separator. Chemical Engineering Science, 66, 834-847).

• “Best Paper Award” on the “The Third Conference of Aerospace Propulsion Technology”, 22-25 August 2018, Luoyang, China. Paper title: CFD-DEM simulation of gas-solid flow in solid rocket propulsion motor.

• “Best Poster Award” on the “1^st International Conference on Computational Particle Technology and Multiphase Processes”. Authors: Zhengquan Li, Kaiwei Chu and Aibing Yu. 9-12 March 2016. Suzhou, China. Paper title: CFD-DEM study of gas-solid flows in complex pipeline systems.

• “Certificate of Outstanding Reviewer”, awarded by Building and Environment in 2015.

• “Certificate of excellence in Reviewing”, awarded by Powder Technology in 2013 and 2015.

• “Excellent Overseas Postgraduate Students”, awarded by Chinese Government, China (2007).

• During my master study developed China’s first combined model of computational fluid dynamics and discrete element method (CFD-DEM) which was certified as a world-level research achievement by the Department of Chinese Science and Technology.

Selected Publications

1. Chu K. W.*, Chen J., Yu A. B., (2016). Applicability of a Coarse-grained CFD-DEM Model on Dense Medium Cyclone. Minerals Engineering, 90, 43-54. (Impact Factor = 2.707; Citation Times = 37).

2. Chu K. W., Yu A. B. *, (2008). Numerical simulation of complex particle-fluid flows. Powder Technology, 179, 104-114. (Impact Factor) = 3.230; CT (Cited Times on “web of science”) = 186) (This was the 2nd most downloaded paper in January – March 2008 and one of the 25 most cited articles during 2008-2013 in the journal).

3. Chu K. W., Wang B., Yu A. B. *, Vince A., (2009). CFD-DEM modelling of multiphase flow in dense medium cyclones. Powder Technology, 193, 235-247. (Impact Factor = 3.230; Citation Times = 162) (This was the 6th most cited paper since 2009 in the journal and the 6th most downloaded paper in April – June 2009 in the journal).

4. Chu K. W., Wang B., Yu A. B. *, Xu D. L., Chen Y. X., (2011). CFD-DEM simulation of gas-solid flow in a cyclone separator. Chemical Engineering Science, 66, 834-847. (Impact Factor = 3.306; Citation Times = 149) (This was the 10th most downloaded paper in April – June 2012 and top cited paper for 2011 and 2012 in the journal).

5. Chu K. W., Wang B., Vince A., Yu A. B. *, Barnett G. D., Barnett P. J., (2009). CFD-DEM study of the effect of particle density distribution on the multiphase flow and performance of dense medium cyclone. Minerals Engineering, 22, 893-909. (Impact Factor = 2.707; Citation Times = 91) (This was the 15th most downloaded paper in July – September 2009 in the journal).

6. Chu K. W., Yu A. B. *, (2008). Numerical simulation of the gas-solid flow in three-dimensional pneumatic conveying bends. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 47, 7058-7071. (Impact Factor = 3.141; Citation Times = 59).

7. Chu K. W., Wang B., Vince A., Yu A. B. *, (2012). Computational study of the multiphase flow in a dense medium cyclone: Effect of particle density. Chemical Engineering Science, 73, 123-39. (Impact Factor = 3.306; Citation Times = 46).

8. Chu K. W., Kuang S. B., Yu A. B. *, Vince A., (2012). Particle scale modelling of the multiphase flow in a dense medium cyclone: Effect of fluctuation of solids flowrate. Minerals Engineering, 33, 34-45. (Impact Factor = 2.707; Citation Times = 30) (This was the 25th most downloaded paper in January – March 2012 in the journal).

9. Chu K. W. *, Kuang S. B., Yu A. B., Vince A., Barnett G. D., Barnett P. J., (2014). Prediction of wear and its effect on the multiphase flow and separation performance of dense medium cyclone. Minerals Engineering, 56, 91-101. (Impact Factor = 2.707; Citation Times = 29) (This was the 16th most downloaded paper in Jan. - Mar. 2006 in the journal).

10. Chu K. W., Wang B., Yu A. B. *, Vince A., (2012). Particle scale modelling of the multiphase flow in a dense medium cyclone: Effect of vortex finder outlet pressure. Minerals Engineering, 31, 46-58. (Impact Factor = 2.707; Citation Times = 28) (This was the 17th most downloaded paper in April – June 2012 in the journal).

11. Chu K. W.*, Chen J., Wang B., Yu A. B., Vince A., (2017). Understand Solids Loading Effects in a Dense Medium Cyclone: Effect of Particle Size by a CFD-DEM Method. Powder Technology, 320, 594-609. (Impact Factor = 3.230; Citation Times = 11).

12. Chu K. W.*, Chen J., Yu A. B., Williams R., (2017). Numerical studies of multiphase flow and separation performance of natural medium cyclones for recovering waste coal. Powder Technology, 314, 532-541. (Impact Factor = 3.230; Citation Times = 8).

13. Chu K. W., Wang B., Vince A., Yu A. B. *, (2010). Modelling the multiphase flow in dense medium cyclones. Journal of Computational Multiphase Flows, 2, 249-275. (Impact Factor is N/A; Citation Times = 8).

14. Chu K. W.*, Yu A. B., (2014). Numerical and experimental investigation of an “S-shaped” circulating fluidized bed. Powder Technology, 254, 460-469. (Impact Factor = 3.230; Citation Times = 4).

15. Chu K. W.*, Kuang S. B., Zhou Z. Y., Yu A. B., (2018). Model A vs. Model B in the modelling of particle-fluid flow. Powder Technology, 329, 47-54. (Impact Factor = 3.230; Citation Times = 3).

16. Wahyudi H., Chu K. W.*, Yu A. B., (2016). 3D particle-scale modeling of gas–solids flow and heat transfer in fluidized beds with an immersed tube. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 97, 521-537. (Impact Factor = 3.458; Citation Times = 17).

17. Wang B., Chu K. W.*, Yu A. B., Vince A., (2014). Computational investigation of the “breakaway” effect in dense medium cyclones. Minerals Engineering, 62, 111-119. (Impact Factor = 2.707; Citation Times = 8).

18. Ji L., Chu K. W.*, Kuang S., Chen J., Yu A. B. (2018). Modeling the Multiphase Flow in Hydrocyclones Using the Coarse-Grained Volume of Fluid—Discrete Element Method and Mixture-Discrete Element Method Approaches, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 57(29): 9641-9655 (Impact Factor = 3.141; Citation Times = 0).